Mount St. Helens Research Paper

What would it like to be like to see a volcano erupt that is coming towards you? Well many people would find it terrifying and cool at the same time. There is a big possibility that you would die. Unless you get warned early and try to move out of the state as fast as possible. I would think it would be terrifying 100% because I don’t want to get killed by all the ash, pumice and lava. When a volcano explodes and you see it coming towards your way, you don’t think about how cool it looks. You think that you’re probably gonna die.

Now I’m going to ask the question, “What volcano eruption would you rather be in, Mount St. Helens, or Mount Vesuvius?” I’m sure you know the story of what happened to pompeii, but what about The volcano, Mount St. Helens that wiped out the city below it? Well if you don’t know the story of Mount St. Helens, I’m going to describe and compare what it was like compared to Pompeii.

Mount St.

Helen’s Latest eruption was May, 18 1980. Only 57 people died in the disaster while in Pompeii, more than 2000 people died. The reason why that pompeii had more people die, was because, First of all, they didn’t have the technology to tell them whether the volcano would erupt or not. Secondly, they didn’t know the volcano would erupt, because of earthquakes happening all the time. Finally they didn’t realize they needed to get out until it was too

late.

Now I’m moving on to the differences of Mount St. Helen’s eruption. First, they had advanced technology.. Secondly, they had a far more better idea when the volcano was going to erupt. The Pompeians had no idea at all that Mount Vesuvius was going to erupt. Another thing I want to say is, that only 57 people died while everyone else made it out alive. Finally, the 2 volcanos erupted in different times.

For the final paragraph I’m going to be talking about their similarities. First off, they’re both famous volcano eruptions. Secondly, they both were preceded by tremors. In addition, they both spewed pumice and ash. Another reason is, that both volcanos wiped out the whole city below them. They both killed lots of people, and finally, they both are very famous and people love to learn about these 2 volcanos.